Memorial contributions may be made to the Leukemia Society of America 2 Gateway Center, 13 North, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222.

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Mrs. Kenneth (Ethel), 69, of 105 Logan Ave., Sharon.
Calling hours: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday (9-4-00) in JOHN FLYNN FUNERAL HOME Inc., 2630 E. State St., Hermitage. Friends may send condolences by e-mail to www.flynnfuneralhome.com.
Service: Funeral service at 10 a.m. Tuesday (9-5-00) in the funeral home with the Rev. John M. Trojak, pastor of First Baptist Church, Sharon, and the Rev. Robert P. Coval, pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Hermitage, officiating.
Burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Hermitage.

William J. Craig Jr.Mercer man had been retail store manager, in choir

William J. Craig Jr., South Erie Street, Mercer, died Friday (9-1-00) in his residence of an apparent heart attack. He was 53.

Mr. Craig was born July 14, 1947, in Greenville, to William J. Craig Sr. and Eleanor M. Rueckheim Craig.

A 1965 alumnus of Grove City High School, he graduated from Hiram Scott College, Nebraska.

Mr. Craig was a retired retail store manager.

A member of Victory Assembly of God Church, Lowellville, Ohio, he sang in the choir.

Marjorie S. StanzLongtime teacher was Scout leader, active in community

Marjorie S. Stanz, Shenango Inn Personal Care Home, Sharon, formerly of Chicago, Ill. and Fayette County, Pa., died Saturday (9-2-00) in the Kimberly Road home following an extended illness. She was 82.

Mrs. Stanz was born April 3, 1918, in Hopwood Township, Fayette County, to Clifford F. and Margaret E. Hutchinson Shaffer.

An alumnus of Georges Township High School, she did her undergraduate work at Waynesburg College, Pa. and graduated from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. with a master’s degree.

Mrs. Stanz was a teacher for many years in Georges and Moon Townships, Pa. and also taught at East Main High School, Des Plains, Ill.

While in Chicago, she was a Girl Scout leader and worked for the YMCA.

After returning to Fayette County, Mrs. Stanz did substitute work at high schools in Uniontown and South Union.

She was active in the Fairchance Presbyterian Church, the American Red Cross, the Route 40 Historical Society, the Home Hospice program, the Women’s Civic League and Theos, all in Fayette County.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her father, who was killed in action during World War I; her mother; a step-father, W. Oran McDowell Sr.; a half-sister, Lovina McDowell O’Brien; and a half-brother, W. Oran McDowell Jr.

John Q. StranahanLongtime county judge was active on prison chapel board

John Q. Stranahan, 425 Vogan Drive, Mercer, died at 3:10 p.m. Friday (9-1-00) in Buchanan Commons, Grove City, where he had been a cancer patient for two weeks. He was 79.

Mr. Stranahan was born Aug. 21, 1921, in Mercer, to James Alexander and Elizabeth Quay Stranahan.

A 1939 alumnus of Mercer High School, he graduated early from the College of Wooster, Ohio in 1942 to join the U.S. Navy; he served from 1943 to 1945.

Mr. Stranahan was discharged with the rank of lieutenant and was awarded the Silver Star for safety transporting troops from ship to shore through hostile fire. He spent most of his time in the Pacific.

After graduating from what is now Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, he joined his father, and later his brother, in the law firm of Stranahan and Simpson, Mercer, founded in 1912. The firm eventually became Stranahan and Stranahan.

In 1955, he was elected district attorney of Mercer County and was re-elected four years later.

Mr. Stranahan was elected in 1965 to the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County. Having served two decades on the court, retiring to become a senior judge in 1985, he continued to hear cases until his illness was diagnosed in January and regularly went to work.

He was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Mercer.

Mr. Stranahan was a long-time board member of the George W. Wright Student Aid Fund, a philanthropic organization that provides interest-free loans to area students to attend college.

He was director of the Urban League of the Shenango Valley and at the time of his death was serving on the county’s bicentennial committee.

A member of the Mercer County Bar Association for more than 50 years, Mr. Stranahan was president of the Pennsylvania State Trial Judges from 1974 to 1975 and was a board member of the American Judicature Society.

From 1979 to 1989, he was appointed to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Mr. Stranahan had been an early backer of the state Regional Correctional Facility in Findley Township; when the facility opened in 1978, the complex’s education and vocational building was named for him.

A member of the chapel committee at the State Regional Correctional Facility at Mercer, which raised funds to erect a chapel at the prison and offers ongoing financial support for religious programs there, he remained active until his death.

Mr. Stranahan was a member of Great Chebeague Golf Club, Chebeague Island, Maine.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Funeral service will be Wednesday for Theora M. Wilcox, formerly of 210 S. Myers Ave., Sharon, who died at 4:10 a.m. Friday (9-1-00) in Our Place Adult Care Center, Tucson. She was 92.

Mrs. Wilcox was born June 24, 1908, in Ellicottville, N.Y., to Elmer B. and Lana B. Lorch Weishan.

A 1926 alumnus of Ellicottville High School, N.Y., she graduated from Alfred University with a degree in ceramic art.

A 60-year member of First Presbyterian Church, Sharon, Mrs. Wilcox was active in the Mary Wood’s Class, Wishart Circle and was a bazaar worker and chairman.

She also was known for helping the former pastor, Dr. Wishart, with dinners in the church.

A member of the women’s association, Mrs. Wilcox was involved with the Junior Golden Workers, the Mariner’s Sunday school class and taught Sunday school for 14 years.

Mrs. Wilcox participated in the Knox Missionary work.

She was a member of the Music Club of Sharon; the Beauceant Club, Youngstown and Sharon; Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem Shrine 8, Sharon; and the Women’s Club of Sharon.

Mrs. Wilcox was also a member of the College Club of Sharon, Rebecca Commandry 50, Knight’s Templar Auxiliary, the 32nd Degree Ladies Auxiliary, Youngstown, WAMADASA of New Castle and American Association of Retired Persons of the Shenango Valley.

She was an avid painter and artist of fine china.

Her husband, Marion C. Wilcox, whom she married June 24, 1930, died Dec. 20, 1988.